The document provides instructions for giving directions and using prepositions of place. It includes examples of dialogues where one person asks for directions and the other provides them using terms like left, right, straight, next to, between, across from, behind, below, in front, above, under, on, in. It also includes practice exercises matching items to their location using prepositions and an example of directions given to find a house for a party.

1. GIVING
DIRECTIONS

2. TURN LEFT
TURN RIGHT
GO STRAIGHT
AHEAD/ON

3. PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE
Next to

5. PRACTICE!!!
NOW GO AHEAD AND TRY!!!

6. 1. The police station is ___________ the bank and the
store.
2. The drug store is _____________ the police station.
3. The school is ___________ the restaurant.
4. The train station is ______________ the school.
5. The drug store is ___________ the movie theater and
the post office.
BETWEEN
ACROSS FROM
NEXT TO
ACROSS FROM
BETWEEN

7. 1. The house is_________ the car.
2. The dog is _________ the sun.
3. The tree is to the ______of the house.
4. The car is ___________ the house.
5. The sun is _________ the dog.
6. The house is _________ the dog and the tree.
7. The dog is to the _____ of the house.
BEHIND
BELOW
IN FRONT OF
ABOVE
BETWEEN
LEFT
RIGHT

8. 1. The cat is_________ the table.
2. The vase is _________ the table.
3. The flowers are _________ the
vase.
UNDER
ON
IN

9. Example: ball/table - The ball is under the table
1. basket/table _____________________________________________
2. tree/bicycle _____________________________________________
3. cloud/table _____________________________________________
4. bicycle/tree _____________________________________________
5. dog/the bicycle and the table ____________________________________
TREE
CLOUD
BASKET
TABLE
DOG
BICYCLE
BALL

10. DIALOGUES
Dialog 1
A – Excuse me?
B – Yes?
A – How do I get to the post office?
B – Go past the hotel and turn left onto Main Street. Go one block and
turn right. It’s across from the train station.
A – Thank you.

11. Dialog 2
A – How do I get to the supermarket?
B – It’s easy. Turn left at the corner onto Apple Street. Go one
block. The supermarket is on the corner of First Avenue and Apple
Street, next to the police station.
A – Thanks.

12. Dialog 3
A - Excuse me. How do I get to the restaurant?
B – Go straight past the bookstore and the hotel. Turn left onto Main
Street. It’s the second building on the left, between the hotel and the
bank.
A – Thank you.

13. Hi Sarah. I'm glad you can come to my party on Friday night. My house
is easy to find. From your house go straight up Broadway to the corner
of Broadway and Second Avenue. Turn right. Go straight two blocks
and then turn left. It's on the left on the corner of First Avenue and
Central Street. See you on Friday!
Which is Amanda's house?
( ) A
( ) B
( ) C
( ) D
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